Perception of cloud computing in developing countries

Abstract

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the perceptions of librarians engaged in Indian academic libraries towards cloud computing. Design/methodology/approach – A structured questionnaire was used to collect responses from the library professionals engaged in Indian academic libraries. Overall, 339 respondents participated in the survey. Descriptive survey method was used in the study. Findings – The findings of the study reveal that library professionals are using cloud-computing tools in their daily works. They want to adopt cloud computing in the libraries to improve library services and avoid redundancy of works. Ubiquitous availability, economy and the various service layers are the core drivers of its adoption in the libraries. The respondents showed their concern over security and data privacy in cloud. Practical implications – The study establishes the fact that the benefits of cloud computing are inadequate to convince the libraries to migrate from the traditional computing paradigm to the cloud. Technological advancement may not transform the cloud into a mainstream technology. To motivate the expansion of cloud computing adoption, emphasis has to be laid upon collaboration between the cloud service providers supplemented by solid cloud legislations which need to be worked out. Originality/value – The paper provides the perceptions of library professionals in response to the adoption of cloud computing.

Economic challenges of cloud computing in Iraqi educational institutions using exploratory analysis

“…This includes the hardware and the network as well as establishing speed internet connection that cover all the campus. Investing in this infrastructure might be costly for universities and will be challenging to run and maintain the network [16,38,39].…”

“…Speed of the internet connection and establish high quality connection is one of the challenge during the implementation phase [14,35]. Among the challenges also is the reliability of the service providers and the need to have new management that are capable of managing the CC [16,30,39,40].…”

“…Another challenges in the post implementation phase is the switching cost. Once the service provider have been chosen, it is difficult for a university to move to another service provider due to the high cost involved in switching [39] and universities will experience the lock-in with the service providers [41]…”

Cloud Computing Adoption in Higher Education Institutions: A Systematic Review

“…The studies tended to fall into two brackets: individual and organizational, as in our small study sample [14], [15], [90]- [128]. To assess these studies further, the brackets were broken down into the following subcategories: ''individual'' category studies (25/41) [14], [90], [91], [93], [99], [100], [104]- [106], [108], [109], [111], [114], [115], [119], [120], [123]- [129] and a small category of ''organizational'' category studies (14/41) [94]- [98], [101]- [103], [107], [110], [116]- [118], [121], along with other miscellaneous criteria that did not fit neatly into our classifications (2/41) [116,122]; Table 7 summarizes the full breakdown. Fewer studies were concerned with the organizational category dimensions of CC compared with other concerns.…”

“…The following papers highlighted the effect of CC adoption and usage on HEIs [100], [104], [105], [112], [114], [119], [123] (7/25). The following papers evaluated CC and outlined the extent of using CC in HEIs [14], [108], [111] (3/25).…”